4 Easy DIY Garden Soil Tests to Do Now
Perform these easy DIY garden soil tests and improve the quality of your soil by knowing which amendments you need to add for nutrients.
April 2023
Hurricane Survival Tips: How My Family Survived a Category 4 Hurricane Twice!
Prepare and fortify your home to survive a hurricane with these helpful hurricane survival tips for any hurricane season.
How to Avoid These Common Spring Gardening Problems
Spring gardening alone has many problems from unpredicted weather conditions, seeds not germinating, seedlings looking rather ill, confusion about when to plant, not planting the right varieties of plants for our area, planting plants too close together because they are cute and tiny in the beginning, killing seedlings during hardening off outside and spreading diseases with unsanitized tools, equipment, and containers. We have all been there and done many of these mistakes and I am guilty of these gardening crimes myself. Spring can trick us all into thinking that it is time to plant new plants and bring our indoor plants back outside and then the unspeakable sneaky frost swipes in unannounced to kill them all. This post will help better prepare you for your spring gardening and help you have a successful growing season. Let’s elaborate further on unpredicted spring weather conditions. CLICK TO READ MORE.
OMG! The Best Garden Grow Kits for Kids Ever!
Kids love hands-on activities, getting dirty, and creating their own things. Kids are curious about the natural world around them. Help them discover what they can create and grow by providing them with fun activities and kits that allow them to explore fun ways to garden. CLICK TO READ MORE.
How to Do Companion Planting: Friends or Foes?
Plants that like each other, attract beneficial insects and pollinators to each other as well as repel pesky enemies to keep each other safe, happy, and healthy. Remember your tight-knit friend group in school when you all looked out for each other? Keeping your enemies out and your friends in is exactly the same thing that plants like to do too. When you keep their foes away from them, you will be preventing your garden from acquiring diseases and pests and find that you do not need extra help with chemicals just to be successful. If you skip companion planting in your garden, you are more likely to resort to using chemicals on your plants. CLICK TO READ MORE.
How to Make Your Backyard a Snack Yard
It is fairly easy to provide a backyard snack yard. Plant some perennial plants that come back every year such as fruit trees and berry bushes to help make this process easier and provide your family with endless free healthy snacks! CLICK TO READ MORE.
Best Off Grid Solar Lights for Your Backyard and Patio
Discover the best off grid solar lights for your backyard and patio and place them anywhere you need extra light!
Best 5 Tips for Living Off Grid
Guest Blogger Post: This post was written by Helen over at Simple Homesteading. She has lived off the grid for 9 years and I am thrilled she is sharing her experience with us!
All About Pear Trees: Ultimate Guide
Learn all about pear trees in this ultimate guide discussing how to grow pear trees and the various ways to use pear fruit.